Pottery production and Granular White imports at Late Formative San José Cuautitlan

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ID7147483
AuthorsWesley D Stoner (Department of Anthropology and Research Reactor University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USA, corresponding author), Daniela Hernández Sariñana (0009-0002-2905-8719, Archaeology Program Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA)
Year2025
Volume67
Issue6
Pages1657-1674
Publication date2025-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeometry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/arcm.70014
OpenAlexW4416046973
LanguageEN
References cited10

This study centers on a sample of ceramics ( n = 37) from the site of San José Cuautitlan and contextualized within a much larger database of Formative ceramics ( n = 1242), mostly from greater central Mexico. The sample was assayed through neutron activation analysis (NAA), with a subsample made into thin sections for petrographic analysis. In this article, we (1) situate the sample from San José within the longer history of ceramic traditions over the Formative period in the Basin of Mexico, (2) assess the pottery production recipe employed at San José in comparison to the composition of ceramics from neighboring segments of the Basin, and (3) source a sample of 10 Granular White amphora that were imported into the site. We demonstrate a low level of ceramic trade among sites within the Basin of Mexico. We also tentatively source Granular White amphora recovered at the site to central Morelos. Further, we show through a comparison of these Late Formative Granular White specimens to later Classic period Granular Ware from Teotihuacan and other sites that the source of this trade ware changed over time

Amphora · JAR · Period (music) · Petrography · Pottery · Reign · Structural basin · White (mutation) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

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